Today's News

The Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team is a support unit, whose primary functions are traffic enforcement and assisting in the apprehension of drug traffickers in the county. The ACE team conducts driving while impaired and driver’s license checkpoints, as well as street-level investigations on controlled substances.

The ACE team works with the sheriff’s office K-9 Enforcement Team and Drug Enforcement Unit to apprehend narcotics suspects as well as saturating hot spots where criminal activity is reported.

On March 1 at Farmstead, Frank Janton, Ned Meier, John Methvin, John Ogden and Joe Gallo placed first with a 135. The five-man teams scored three nets on par-3s, two on part-4s and one on the par-5 and par-6 holes. In second were Sid Pennington, Steve Maiorca, John Ducey, Cliff Musselman and Joe Meo.

Two rabies cases have been confirmed in Brunswick County and they’re serving as a reminder about the importance of keeping pets current on vaccinations.

In the two cases reported by the Brunswick County Health Department, two dogs that got into fights with wild animals were not current on their rabies vaccinations. Because of that, one of the dogs was euthanized. In the other case, Brunswick County Animal Services quarantined the dog while the owner made a decision about whether it would be put down.

Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash is featuring “Barns of the American Landscape,” a group show of oil painters, watercolorists, pastel artists and photographers.

The exhibit, which runs through March 25, includes oil paintings by Richard Dixon, Richard Kuhn, Steven Sullivan, Brenda Behr and Elaine Bigelow, watercolors by Roger Tatum and Janet Dixon, photography by Mark Hilliard, C.E. Smith and David Keener, and pastels by Rose Kennedy and Kevin Beck.

After receiving numerous community complaints, drug agents began investigating drug activity at a Supply home.

Following a three-month investigation, drug agents executed a search warrant at 54 Homes Drive in Supply, and charged three suspects with multiple drug charges.

On Friday, March 5, drug agents, members of the sheriff’s office SWAT team and K-9 Enforcement Team executed the search warrant, which led to three arrests and they seized nearly ½ pound of marijuana, $550 in cash, numerous pills, drug paraphernalia and a handgun.